Translations
Modern
“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
Traditional
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
Literal
“Who will make me as in months past, as the days when God was keeping me?
Latin
Quis mihi tribuat ut sim juxta menses pristinos, secundum dies quibus Deus custodiebat me?
Original
Hebrew
English
“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
Notes
In other parts of the text, Job uses the Hebrew word shamar to describe what he sees as God's severe surveillance (10:14; 13:27; 14:16). However, here it refers to God's kind care, meaning watched over (Psalm 121:3–8).
Theme notes and profiles
Events
- Job's Trialc. 1650 BC